2 Chronicles 13:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he hath been a priest to No-gods!

King James Bible
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods.

Hebrew
But did you not
הֲלֹ֤א (hă·lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

drive out
הִדַּחְתֶּם֙ (hid·daḥ·tem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

the priests
כֹּהֲנֵ֣י (kō·hă·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3548: Priest

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the descendants
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Aaron,
אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

and the Levites,
וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

and make
וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ (wat·ta·‘ă·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

priests
כֹּהֲנִים֙ (kō·hă·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

for yourselves
לָכֶ֤ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

as do the peoples
כְּעַמֵּ֣י (kə·‘am·mê)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of other lands?
הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 776: Earth, land

Now whoever
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

comes
הַבָּ֗א (hab·bā)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to consecrate
לְמַלֵּ֨א (lə·mal·lê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

himself
יָד֜וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

with a young bull
בְּפַ֤ר (bə·p̄ar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

and seven
שִׁבְעָ֔ה (šiḇ·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

rams
וְאֵילִ֣ם (wə·’ê·lim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

can become
וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a priest
כֹהֵ֖ן (ḵō·hên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

of [things that are] not
לְלֹ֥א (lə·lō)
Preposition-l | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

gods.
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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